[SWLUG] Re: Quietest Meeting Ever

[Chris M. Jackson]

On 3/29/06, Julian Hall <lists at kaotic.co.uk> wrote:

> Just a thought.  The PCs in UWIC all have front-mounted USB ports.  If
> the ones in Cardiff University have as well, and it was just a matter of
> demonstrating how to do X in Linux, couldn't a small distro on a USB
> stick suffice?  Assuming the BIOS is set to allow boot from USB of
> course.  Non-invasive to the installation but useful enough for
> demonstration purposes.  Failing that a Live distro on a CD.

IIRC, they are set to boot from HD only.  I've tried booting live CDs
before, and it didn't work.  Either way, this is an issue for
whoever's going to try talking to sysadmins at Cardiff Uni, which
unfortunately won't be me, for a variety of reasons.

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